Potiphar’s Wife - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Potiphar’s Wife - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

— Psalm 51:10

REFLECT ON:	Genesis 39.
PRAISE GOD:	Because he not only shows us what is right, but he gives us the strength to resist temptation.
OFFER THANKS:	That he invites us to enjoy an intimate relationship with himself rather than the empty pleasures this world offers.
CONFESS:	Any tendency toward becoming emotionally or physically involved in an off-limits relationship or any tendency to covet what does not belong to you.
ASK GOD:	To help you break the habit of fantasizing about relationships you wish you had.

Lift Your Heart

We know what happened to Joseph after he was falsely accused, but we don’t know anything about Potiphar’s wife. Write a short account from your own imagination, entitled “Whatever Became of Potiphar’s Wife?” You can give her a happy ending or a sad one, just make sure it’s believable. Try to put yourself in the story. You could be Potiphar’s wife, her mother, her maid, her little sister, or whatever character you dream up. Does anything hit you as you ponder her story’s conclusion?

Lord, I don’t want my soul to feed on empty pleasures, to long for what belongs to someone else. Instead, increase my hunger for you and create in me a pure heart, one that you will find irresistibly beautiful.